http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2013/01/chuck-hagel—its-the-anti-ame.php

….Israel and its American friends however can take heart that Israel will not be Hagel’s chief concern.

Hagel — and Obama — have bigger fish to fry than Israel. They are looking to take on the US military. They will slash military budgets, they will slash pensions and medical benefits for veterans in order to save a couple dollars and demoralize the military. They will unilaterally disarm the US to the point where America’s antiquated nuclear arsenal will become a complete joke. And I don’t see the military capable of stopping it. Anyone remember the F-22?

I find the whole Israel angle on Hagel irritating because of this. Yes, Hagel will be bad to Israel. But we can minimize the damage by diversifying our own arsenal and weaning ourselves off of US military handouts….I’ve been advocating ending US military aid to Israel for more than a decade, but better late than wait until we find ourselves at war and out of spare parts because Hagel and Obama won’t sign the requisition orders to Boeing and Lockheed.

Unlike Israel, the US military cannot minimize the damage that Hagel and Obama will cause.

America’s capabilities will suffer at the hands of the duly reelected Commander in Chief and his duly appointed Defense Secretary. The only chance to dodge that bullet was on Election Day and the American people blew it.

By making this a story about Hagel the anti-Semite, nice senators like Lindsey Graham and John McCain are obfuscating the main problem. The main reason Hagel shouldn’t be appointed is not because he hates Israel. It is because he hates a strong America.

Then explain to me how the assassination of a 5th rate political figure by a 7th rate anarchist spawned the bloodbath known as WW I.

Germany lied to Austria Hungary and told it that mobilizing against Russia would not start a European War, but the plans of the German General Staff called for an invasion of France – through Belgium – in response to a mere mobilization by Russia against Germany.

And even in the process of mobilization, Germany crossed the border of Luxembourg.

Russia had no plans for mobilizing just against Austria-Hungary and not Germany.

Now there was one important Austrian figure who would have known not to believe Germany. That was the Austrian heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand.